I am writing this the day after Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast leaving a path of destruction, especially in the mid-Atlantic area. While I had some heavy rain and powerful wind gusts here, for the most part it seems we made it through okay. As I watched the wind buffet the trees, wondering if any …
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Choices
One of the major themes I think about in my life is choices. We all make choices in our lives and we have to live with the consequences of these choices. Some of us make good choices, some of us make bad choices. some a combination of both. When I came back to God, okay I …
Things Happen
How do we know what God is trying to tell us? I have heard He is always with us always guiding us and all we have to do is listen. But how do we know what He is trying to tell us? Sure sometimes it is easy. There have been a few times in the past …
Rocky Ground
Perhaps you have been wondered why I call myself the "Wayward Catholic". Perhaps you haven't. Either way you will now learn the answer. According to Merriam-Webster.com, Wayward is defined as 1: following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : ungovernable <a wayward child> 2: following no clear principle or law : unpredictable 3: opposite to what is desired or expected :untoward I subscribe mostly to the …
Sunday Reflection: A Heck of A Week
While at church this morning I was thinking back about the past week and all that has gone on in my life. Some bad things have happened but through them comes good. The major problem this week is one of our two vehicles has decided it has had enough and the rear end needs to be …
Sunday Reflection: Shouldering the Cross
Back in the days when I didn't practice my religion I was less than tolerant to others who did. Maybe that's too strong, let's say I put up with them but that was about it. Especially when they said things like "Jesus suffered for you." I would think things like "If he suffered for me …
This is a Test, This is Only a Test
Does God test us? We hear that expression quite a bit and commonly use it when something bad happens to us.I spend a lot of time driving which leads to much time reflecting on various subjects many of them of the religious nature. In the last year as I have begun my return to the …
A Wayward Catholic Life Lesson: Choices
We have all heard the expression after something bad happens to us that “God is testing us”. Perhaps we have said it ourselves. I am here to tell you this is not true. God does not test us, we only test ourselves. Now this might be hard for some to believe, but God is smarter …
The Wayward Catholic 